Rounds at The Patch, Bartram Trail and Mount Vintage and a rental home in Augusta are the plan. A 17% lodging tax plus Georgia's $5 nightly fee, high fares into Augusta's small airport, golf bag fees and a rental car push the total up, and Masters week can multiply what you pay for lodging.
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416 courses around Augusta that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
Augusta's 1928 city course, rebuilt with Augusta National's backing and reopened in April 2026, with an 18th hole over a pond and a Tiger Woods par-3 course next door.
golfpass.com firstcallgolf.comA Donald Ross course owned by Augusta University, about 15 minutes from Augusta National, with tall pines and elevated tees.
theforesthillsgolfcourse.com golfpass.comA long, tree-lined 1968 course on Augusta's south side that plays over 7,400 yards from the back tees.
golfpass.com golfnow.comTiger Woods's nine-hole par-3 course next to The Patch, a quick, walkable round that is fun for kids and groups.
golfpass.com golfcoursearchitecture.netA short, charming 1912 layout of under 5,800 yards in downtown Aiken, with sloping greens and tough par 3s that is great fun to walk.
golf.com golfdigest.comAn Arthur Hills design through sandhills pine forest, owned by the same family as Aiken Golf Club, and a longer, harder round than its sister.
golfpass.com postandcourier.comTwenty-seven Joe Lee holes in an Aiken neighborhood that take outside tee times and host state amateur events.
postandcourier.com discoveraikencounty.comA well-kept daily-fee course in Columbia County with five par 5s and five par 3s; carts are required before 2 pm.
greenfeetracker.com scgolf.comA Rees Jones course that reopened to the public in April 2026 after years closed, so expect conditions still maturing.
wrdw.com golfn.comTwenty-seven holes in rolling Edgefield County hills that hosted an LPGA event from 2000 to 2004, and the toughest test in the area.
golfnow.com greenfeetracker.comA Jim Fazio layout along the Savannah River across from downtown Augusta, with lots of water and big bunkers.
golfpass.com golflink.comA rural daily-fee course about 40 minutes south of Augusta that golfers rate among Georgia's best public values.
golfnow.com golfpass.comA hilly Ellis Maples course with big rolling Bermuda greens, halfway between Augusta and Aiken.
golfpass.com greenfeetracker.comA friendly small-town course in Thomson, about 35 minutes west of Augusta off I-20.
greenfeetracker.com golfn.comA state-park resort course on Lake Thurmond with a lodge on site, about an hour north of Augusta.
southcarolinaparks.com golflink.comA short, easygoing par-70 course south of Augusta for a cheap, relaxed round.
golfn.com golfdigest.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($6,852) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($2,774, about 40% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $9,626 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
13 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $330 per traveler | Four peak-spring weekend rounds with cart: The Patch $105 (non-resident $95 weekend walking rate plus $10 cart, GolfPass, 2026), Bartram Trail $85 (Green Fee Tracker), Mount Vintage $75 (Green Fee Tracker, Apr 2026) and Forest Hills $67 (course rate card). Total $332, rounded to $330. Judgment call. Source |
| Rental home per night (whole group) | $350 a night | Augusta short-term rentals average about $264–$286 a night across all sizes (BNBCalc, 12 months to Oct 2026); $350 for a 4-bedroom home in spring outside Masters week is our estimate. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $663 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for Augusta (AGS), Q2 2026: $662.71. Q2 includes Masters week, so other quarters may be lower. Source |
| Food per person, per day | $74 per traveler, per day | GSA FY2027 meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate for Augusta (Richmond County): $74 a day. Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 17% of the rental home (whole group) | Augusta hotel-motel tax raised from 6% to 8% (Augusta Commission vote Jan 2025, authorized by HB 498, in effect from Oct 2025 per WRDW Oct 2026) + 9% sales tax (4% state, 4% Richmond County, 1% TSPLOST; Avalara 2026) = 17%. North Augusta and Aiken, SC rates differ. Source |
| Georgia hotel fee | $5 a night | Georgia Department of Revenue: a $5.00 fee for each night an accommodation is rented, including short-term rentals booked through online marketplaces. A hotel stay with two rooms pays $10 a night. Source |
| Rental car | $85 a day | KAYAK at AGS (Nov 2026): SUVs average about $79 a day, minivans listed from $56; April is the priciest month (all cars about $77). $85 a day for a minivan or large SUV in spring. Judgment call. Source |
| Masters week lodging premium Off by default | 300% of the rental home (whole group) | Masters 2026 stays averaged about $1,349 a night across Booking.com and Airbnb, about 3.6 times the week after (2.8x on Airbnb, 6.4x on Booking.com). We use four times normal (a 300% premium). Judgment call. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak spring season, with four rounds each, a rental home, flights and food, plan on about $6,850. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, georgia hotel fee, rental car, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $9,630, or about $2,410 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
No. Augusta National is a private club with no public tee times. The closest thing is The Patch, the 1928 city course that Augusta National helped rebuild. It reopened in April 2026, and visitors pay $85 to walk on weekdays and $95 on weekends, plus $10 for a cart. Source
Far more than usual. In 2026 Aiken Golf Club charged $175 with a cart and Cedar Creek $129 with breakfast and lunch, and Mount Vintage has charged $200 to $250. Rental homes and hotels book up and often cost several times their normal rate, so plan months ahead or pick another week. Source
Winter, from December to February, has the lowest rates and the courses stay open. Summer is hot and humid but tee times are easy to get. Any time of year, twilight saves money: Forest Hills drops from $55–$67 with a cart to $43–$50. Source
Augusta Regional (AGS), about 10 miles south of downtown. Aiken's courses are about 25 minutes farther east. Fares into Augusta run high (the US DOT average was about $663 in spring 2026), so some golfers fly into Atlanta, about 2.5 hours away, or Columbia, SC, about 1.25 hours away. Source